EXCLUSIVE: Principal photography has begun on Darrell Dennis’s coming-of-age Indigenous romance Sweet Summer Pow Wow.
The feature will shoot on location in Duncan, BC on Vancouver Island through to the end of August 2023. The film follows a young Indigenous couple as they get a break from their troubled lives when they find each other through a summer of love on the so-called Pow-Wow circuit, the trail of traditional summer gatherings of Indigenous people across Canada and the United States.
Tatyana Rose Baptiste (In The blink of an Eye) and TIFF 2022 Rising Star Joshua Odjick (The Swarm, Bones of Crows) play the young lovers.
The cast also features Tanis Parenteau (Gossip Girl), Lisa Ravensbergen (The Unauthorized Saved By The Bell Story), Joel Montgrand (Beans) and The Last Of Us veteran actor Graham Greene.
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